AI Consequences for Australia
In May 2026, the Social Cyber Institute decided to bring to bear its collective wisdom and its international networks to drive policy focus on the consequences of artificial intelligence for Australia, its residents and the society. This page records our related activities, including prior to the start date of the SCI project
Research by SCI Fellows and Associates
The AI Sovereignty Paradox: France and the Limits of Digital Autonomy
AI in Cybersecurity: The Paradox
Katina Michael, IEEE Transactions on Technology and Society, , VOL. 4, NO. 2, June 2023
See this page for our many submissions.
Webinars
ICEC: Preparing for the Impacts of AI on the Cyber Security Workforces in Australia, UK and US
Third Trilateral Webinar: Tuesday 15 September 2026 7.00am Sydney time Register here
ICEC: Preparing for the Impacts of AI on the Cyber Security Workforces in Australia, UK and US
Second Trilateral Webinar Tuesaday 7 July 2026
ICEC: Preparing for the Impacts of AI on the Cyber Security Workforces in Australia, UK and US
First Trilateral Webinar 2 June 7.00am Sydney time
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Discussion paper for comment (May 2026)
Launch Webinar: Cognitive Warfare, Biological Warfare and Workforce Impacts
Online 27 May 2026 4.00 pm Sydney time
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Waters comentary | Walker Munro Slide Set | Austin Slide Set
Commentaries by SCI Fellows and Researchers
Shaun Holfert, 17 June 2026
Australia's Broken Disinformation Response: Is there a Quick Fix
Clare Boyd, 10 June 2026
Data Centres and the Cost of Digital Acceleration: Environmental, Economic, and Social Impacts
Greg Austin, 8 June 2026
Sloganeering for AI Safety: "Slip, Slop, Slap"
Ravi Nayyar, 2 June 2026
Cyber and AI: ASIC Recommends Going Back to the Future
Social Cyber Institute, 13 May 2025, Greg Austin
A Tale of Two Cities: Singapore beating Canberra in AI Budget Imagination
Editorial: Social Cyber Institute, 4 May 2026
AI Accountable Officials in the APS
Editorial: Social Cyber Institute, 29 March 2026, Greg Austin and Glenn Withers
Stop Sleepwalking: Build Australia's AI Capability
Activities
Greg Austin appeared in The World Today on ABC Radio on 24 September 2026 addressing Australia's response to news that an AI agent operated by OpenAI had hacked into an Australian government health-related website (Medicare). An unofficial transcript is here. A press release issued the same day by the Social Cyber Institute on "Navigating the Crisis in AI Policy" is here.
Three Institute leaders co-facilitated a panel on social responsibility aspects of artificial intelligence in higher education with 11 papers at the annual conference of the UK Academy of Information Sciences in 2025
Professor Greg Austin led a table-top exercise on cyber crisis for Malaysian officials in Kuala Lumpur in September 2025 where the main mission was to respond to an AI-eneabled cyber crisis